A History of the VikingsOxford University Press, 2001 - 504 sider "An utterly splendid book, quite the most brilliantly written, balanced, and explanative general work on the Vikings ever to appear in English or in any language."-- Scandinavian Studies The subject of this book is the Viking realms, Denmark, Sweden, and Norway, their civilization and culture, and their many sided achievements at home and abroad. |
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... TENTH CENTURY 1. The Scandinavian Community , I : Diversity and Unity 2. The Historical Traditions of Norway to 950 59 78 3. Denmark to the Death of Gorm the Old 97 4. Denmark and Norway from the Accession of Harald Bluetooth to the ...
... tenth centuries , Norway . Photo Ernst Schwitters , Universitetets Oldsaksamling , Oslo . 7. Baptism of Harald Bluetooth . From the twelfth - century ... Tenth century . Photo Nationalmuseet , Copenhagen . 9. Jelling . Gorm's Stone and Harald ...
... century , Norway . Photo Univer- sitetets Oldsaksamling , Oslo . 15. Treasure of silver found at Grimestad , Stokke , Vestfold , Norway . Tenth century . Photo Universitetets Oldsaksamling , Oslo . 16. Necklace and arm - ring from Birka ...
... century Norseman . Carving in wood from the Oseberg Wagon . By kind permission of Universitetets Old- saksamling ... Tenth Century . A pictorial reconstruction by J. Aarup Jensen . This and figures 23 and 24 are reproduced from Skalk ...
... tenth - century kings and kingship in Denmark and Norway . All three have saved me from error in fields where they are expert , and such faults or misjudgements as survive their amend- ment may be charged to me alone . Others who have ...
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From the Beginnings to the Age of Migrations | 17 |
The Legendary History of the Swedes and the Danes | 34 |
THE VIKING KINGDOM TO THE CLOSE OF THE TENTH CENTURY | 57 |
The Scandinavian Community I Diversity and Unity | 59 |
The Historical Traditions of Norway to 950 | 78 |
Denmark to the Death of Gorm the Old | 97 |
Denmark and Norway from the Accession of Harold Bluetooth to the Death of Olaf Tryggvason c 9501000 | 118 |
THE VIKING MOVEMENT OVERSEAS | 143 |
THE VIKING AGE ENDS | 313 |
The Scandinavian Community II Culture and Image | 315 |
Svein Forkbeard Saint Olaf and Knut the Great | 354 |
The Viking Kingdoms to the Death of Harald Hardradi 1066 | 387 |
Appendixes | 417 |
Runes | 419 |
The Danelaw | 421 |
A Rus ShipBurial on the Volga | 425 |
The Scandinavian Community II Aspects of Society | 145 |
Causes of the Viking Movement Overseas | 182 |
The Movement South and SouthWest to 954 the British Isles the Frankish Empire the Mediterranean | 204 |
The Movement East The Baltic Lands Russia Byzantium | 241 |
The Movement West Iceland Greenland America | 269 |
Supplementary Booklist 1984 | 430 |
Select Bibliography | 431 |
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